Calnali Microfinance Project/El Proyecto Microfinanciero de Calnali
Sara Anne Hook, M.L.S, M.B.A., J.D.
Table of Contents/Tabla de Materias
Current Initiatives/Iniciativos Actuales
Travel to State of Hidalgo/Viajar al Estado de Hidalgo
Success Stories/Casos de Éxito
Images of Calnali/Imágenes de Calnali
Professor of Informatics, Indiana University School of Informatics
Adjunct Professor of Law, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University
Adjunct Professor of American Studies, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
535 W. Michigan Street, IT 589
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
317-278-7690, 317-278-7669 (fax)
sahook[at]iupui[dot]edu
Education
J.D., Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University - Indianapolis, 1994
- Executive Notes Editor, Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
- Hook, S.A. Allocation of the radio spectrum: is the sky the limit? [law review note] 3 Indiana International & Comparative Law Review 319 (Spring 1993)
- Co-Chair, Dean's Tutorial Society
- Second place, Client Counseling Competition
- Admitted: Indiana, 1994
- Judge, Moot Court Competition, 2003-2010
- Admitted: Supreme Court of the United States
M.B.A. (Finance), Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Indianapolis, 1988
M.L.S., University of Michigan, 1980 (with coursework at the College of Librarianship Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales, U.K.)
B.A. (History), University of Michigan, 1978
Teaching Activities
School of Informatics (Informatics is putting information technology to practical use.)
I550/N485/I400 Legal and Business Issues in Informatics (Entrepreneurship)(online)
N480 Technology and the Law (online)
I350 Foundations in Legal Informatics (online)
I330 Legal and Social Informatics of Security (online)
I470 Litigation Support Systems and Courtroom Presentations (online)
I410 Electronic Discovery (online)
I499 Reading and Research in Informatics
I492/I493 Informatics Thesis
I494/I495 Design and Development of an Information System
N506 Media Arts and Technology Project
N533 Independent Study
School of Law
D862/N862 Intellectual Property Law
D861 Professional Responsibility
Faculty Advisor, Advanced Legal Writing Requirement and Law Review Notes
School of Liberal Arts
A303 Music and Decorative Arts in American Studies (online)
Professor Hook has developed a series of courses in the emerging area of legal informatics. These courses can be taken together as an area of specialization (cognate) for the undergraduate Informatics degree or as a free-standing certificate (approval in process).
Research Interests
Application of intellectual property law to informatics and new media
Emerging field of legal informatics
Enhancing creativity in teaching and learning
Copyright law
Electronic discovery
Legal technology
Legal research techniques and legal writing
Issues related to privacy and security of information
Mexican legal system, especially intellectual property law
Health care law
International Projects
Professor Hook is leading a microfinance project, funded by the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, to provide small loans to citizens in and around the city of Calnali, State of Hidalgo, Mexico. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Friends of Hidalgo. She is also developing courses in collaboration with colleagues at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo (UAEH) in Pachuca, State of Hidalgo, Mexico.
Biography
Sara Anne Hook is Professor of Informatics, Indiana University School of Informatics, IUPUI. She is also Adjunct Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, and Adjunct Professor of American Studies, School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI. Formerly, she was Head Librarian at the Indiana University School of Dentistry and Associate Dean of the Faculties for IUPUI.
Professor Hook is a member of: the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA), International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and American Association for State and Local History (AASLH). She is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Organization for Legal Professionals (OLP). She is also a book and manuscript reviewer for a number of professional journals.
Professor Hook plays a variety of musical instruments, including flute, viola and saxophone. She studies Baroque flute with Professor Barbara Kallaur of the Early Music Institute, Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, and viola with Emily Ann Thompson. She is a deltiologist and a member of the Rotary Club of Indianapolis.